Month: December 2012

Last December the minister for agriculture, Food and marine, Simon Coveney TD acquired additional funding for the new role in aquaculture for which BIm had been commissioned to undertake under a new brief to develop as an applicant ten mega fish farm sites off the west coast of Ireland. Following a statutory four week consultation which ended on …

Chairman: The Senator is right about that. The representatives of FISSTA were anxious to address the committee today and to express their concerns on foot of the presentations we have had from the Minister and BIM. We will also be inviting representatives of the Donegal islands and other island fisheries to share their views, …

The Guardian – London Monday 17 December 2012 Fishfrom plans to farm salmon untainted by chemicals and sea lice in a Kintyre facility run on renewable electricity. Scottish salmon is facing a challenge to its reputation as one of Britain’s best loved everyday luxuries, with scares over diseases and sea lice, heavy use of pesticides and seal killing raising …

BARRY ROCHE – The Irish Times – Monday, December 17, 2012 Anglers and environmentalists have called on the Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney to intervene to prevent the establishment of a number of major salmon farm projects at various locations off the Irish coast.About 200 campaigners from as far away as Donegal, Fermanagh and Galway as …

Irish Examiner Editorial – December 17, 2012 With questions hanging over the future of the wild Atlantic salmon, a big money-spinner for Irish tourism, few issues provoke more heated controversy than the operation of fish farms off Ireland’s coasts. The impassioned nature of debate around this contentious topic was seen at the weekend when 200 people …

By Eddie Cassidy – Irish Examiner – Monday, December 17, 2012 Salmon and sea trout anglers along with inshore fishermen insist a planned explosion of giant fish farms on the west coast will lead to a senseless destruction of the Irish environment and damage key industries. It has been claimed that thousands of existing jobs in …